Super Mario-kun (Shogaku Ninensei)
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Super Mario-kun is a manga series that was published in Shogakukan's Shogaku Ninensei magazine aimed at second graders from November 1986 to December 1987. The manga was written by Daisuke Shigoto and lasted for 14 episodes.[1]
Episodes[edit]
Episode #1 (November 1986)[edit]
Mario, Bowser and his minions attend Princess Peach's royal banquet after Bowser apologizes for kidnapping her. Peach has prepared food for both of them and she exclaims the food was meant to fill up their stomachs. Mario says Bowser doesn't have proper table manners to which Bowser argues against it. After Peach tells the both of them to stop fighting, Bowser steals Mario's soup and Mario falls onto the table. Bowser and his minions devour the food with their hands and mouth until Mario teaches them to eat with a knife and fork. Bowser tries to eat like Mario but ends up accidentally breaking the table. Mario yells at Bowser that he ruined the party and to get out as Peach cries. Bowser kidnaps Peach and runs off with her with Mario in shock. Mario runs off to save her, and gets a Super Mushroom from a Brick Block. Mario then jumps on a Koopa Shell on a staircase getting 10 1-ups, causing 10 Marios to appear. Bowser hits a ? Block to get a Poison Mushroom which he thought was a Super Mushroom, causing him to shrink and become much smaller than Mario and Peach.
Episode #7 (May 1987)[edit]
Mario and Peach are riding a hot air balloon while Bowser rides one that is shaped like him and being piloted by a Koopa Paratroopa, Blooper and Bullet Bill. Mario yells at Bowser claiming his weight is the reason why his balloon is flying so low. In response, Bowser sends his balloon at high speeds higher in the air. But it causes the balloon to spin in circles very fast and his minions fly out while Bowser begs Mario to stop. Mario and Peach save Bowser by sending out a Beanstalk so he could get on Mario and Peach's balloon. However, he wasn't allowed to be in the basket. Bowser says he would do anything to be in the basket, and Peach thinks if she wants a skinny Bowser, a female Bowser or a large diamond. The comic ends with Bowser still hanging on to the balloon as it reaches the ground.
Episode #8 (June 1987)[edit]
Mario, Peach and the Toads are living peacefully underneath a rainbow on a summer day until Bowser starts throwing mud balls. Mario yells at Bowser, claiming he did that on purpose, but Bowser exclaims that he wasn't and trying to throw them at the rainbow so he could touch it. Peach comments on how romantic that sounds and Mario suggests they go over to the rainbow. Bowser jumps in excitement over a mud puddle, accidentally getting mud on Peach and Mario. They then ride Lakitu's cloud towards the rainbow. Once they reach it, Bowser jumps onto the rainbow, which causes it to bend. Mario tells Bowser to change it back, which he attempts, but wasn't able to change it back to where it was. Bowser says he isn't the type of person to be discouraged by this and tries to fix it more. But the end result has the rainbow in knots and bandages. Mario then proceeds to try to fix it but it spells out his own name in Japanese while Bowser cries.
Episode #12 (October 1987)[edit]
Mario runs over to Peach and Bowser with food. Mario and Peach are having a tough decision what to eat first until Bowser throws forks down on the table claiming it is all his to eat while Peach calls him selfish. Mario and Peach warn him to not eat to much or else he'll become a "pig". After the thought of himself becoming a pig emerges, Bowser exclaims he wants to lose weight. Mario then eats curry, hamburgers, and spaghetti as Bowser cries on the floor until he realizes he doesn't want to become a pig either. A few days later, Bowser shows up to Mario and Peach really skinny because he hasn't eaten at all. Mario and Peach then use Bowser as a saw, a Christmas tree, a chair, a spear and a match. Bowser exclaims he'll never forgive Mario and puts his head in a lake to cool it off since he's on fire, but he isn't able to get out due to his horns being stuck in the sand. This causes Bowser to drink the entire lake and become extremely overweight, and Mario and Peach start laughing hysterically.
Episode #13 (November 1987)[edit]
Bowser sets up a labyrinth for Mario and Peach, claiming that it would finally defeat Mario. Mario and Peach quickly find a split path and Mario wonders which way he should go. Bowser recommends the right path, but Mario tells him to shut up. Mario then punches a wall, claiming it is what he does when he is lost. Bowser tells Mario there are many traps in his labyrinth and a boulder starts rolling towards him. Bowser realizes that it is rolling towards him as well and he, Mario and Peach run away from the boulder. They then eventually come across a narrow bridge and Bowser assures them not to worry as he runs across it. But it is to shaky for him and he falls to the floor. Mario and Peach jump over him and advance until they reach a crumbling bridge and start falling. Bowser tells them they should have taken the path with the sideways ladder until it breaks apart. The comic ends with Bowser dangling from the sideways ladder as Mario uses Peach's dress as a parachute.
